This is what we started with. Some plants that were far to large for the flower bed, and a couple of large stumps. Although you cannot really see them in this photo the stumps are large and ugly.

I spent most of Friday gutting the flower bed. LOTS of weeds and plants needed to be removed.  And grass. We extended the bed. The old one ended were the little picket fence started, and there was a shrub planted in the grass. Such a pain to mow and edge. Saturday we went to the Home Depot TWICE! Four full carts people. FOUR! The first trip was without the children, the second time wel took the children and let them go nuts picking out some annuals.  We filled every nook and cranny of the van with flowers. It smelled SO good.

The yard turned into a hot mess for a few days.

Jon and Josh worked well past sunset using the rented stump grinder to grind out the stumps.  Kaylee helped me take all the yummy smelling pine mulch and put it in the flower bed. I told her it smelled like Christmas. Poor kid have never had a real pine tree, and was baffled by my statement. This is the finished flower bed. We extended it out to the drive way, and made it several inches deeper. I also laid the old flower bed boarder on its side and made it level with the grass so I can mow right over it. No more edging!"Hey! I used to stand here!"

We have SO much pine mulch just waiting to be used. PROJECTS!

Jon: Hey, do you want a pot?

Me: For that awkward porch corner? YES! (It only took me 30+  min to pick one.)

It is so nice walking out the door and being greeted with this lovely sight.